The United States plans to provide up to $2 billion in loan guarantees to Ukraine this year, the US Treasury said on Tuesday, as part of a broader international package to stave off bankruptcy. Like other major donors to the country, Treasury said the guarantees would be contingent on the former Soviet republic remaining on track to meet the conditions of its loan program from the International Monetary Fund.
IMF officials are in Kiev this week to resume negotiations on the package, currently worth $17 billion. Ukraine's government hopes the IMF's visit will lead to a bigger aid program as its economy has been pushed close to bankruptcy by a pro-Russian separatist war in the east and the government faces huge debt repayments. The cost of insuring exposure to Ukrainian debt rose to a new 5-1/2 year high on Tuesday, according to data from Markit, a financial information provider, amid fears the country may have to restructure its debt.
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